Today community
development is becoming more and more about partnering and collaboration. For
instance, organizations who don’t have the funds they need for a project apply
for grants. However, grants are often awarded based on whether or not the organization
has support and buy-in from others for the project. I see something similar with
people of faith when they feel they must find partners within the church in order
to accomplish their vision or mission. Certainly, we can accomplish a lot when
we partner with others, but just as with a grant application, strings are attached
to collaboration. Paul makes a good case for remaining independent as he moved
from mission field to mission field, “So from Jerusalem all the way around to
Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. It
has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so
that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation” (Ro 15:19-20
NIV).
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